What is it about?

Alzheimer's disease is a heterogeneous neurodegenerative disorder of presenium and senium, characterized by a /INS;progressive decline of mental faculties, loss of professional skills, impairment of behavior, social performance and communication and various neurological manifestations. Since basal ganglia play an important role in cognitive functions, motor control and behavior,/INS; we attempted to study the pathological alterations of the claustrum whose enigmatic function may be related to cognition.

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Why is it important?

It is important to analyse the broad spectrum of synaptic pathology in Alzheimer's disease

Perspectives

Improving the process of synaptic plasticity in AD would be the most beneficial approach to ameliorating the clinical condition of the patients

Professor Stavros J Baloyannis or Balogiannis or Balojannis or Baloyiannis or Mpalogiannis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

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This page is a summary of: Synaptic alterations in the claustrum in Alzheimer'/INS;s disease: A Golgi and electron microscope study, Journal of the Neurological Sciences, October 2013, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2013.07.1307.
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